History of NCAA Flashcards
The colleges, universities and conferences that make up the NCAA.
The “membership” or “members”
The entire NCAA organization comprised of members and staff. Many believe the Association rules college athletics; however, it is actually a bottom-up organization in which the members rule the Association
The “Association”
The first American intercollegiate sporting event took place on August 3, 1852 . What was it?
Harvard and Yale competed in a two-mile rowing competition on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee.
The first intercollegiate football game took place between who? When and where?
Rutgers University and Princeton University on November 6, 1869 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Which president summoned college athletics leaders to two White House conferences regarding reform for football rules?
President Theodore Roosevelt
IAAUS
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States
How many founding members in IAAUS?
62 members
When was the IAAUS officially constituted?
March 31, 1906
IIAUS changed its name to what in 1910?
NCAA
In 1921, the NCAA held its first national championship in __________
Track and Field
October 8, 1921, marked the first ever live radio broadcast of a football game. Who played and what radio station?
The contest pitted West Virginia University against the University of Pittsburgh at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. It was aired on KDKA, the nation’s first radio station.
The first game broadcast nationwide happened the following year
1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game.
First televised college football game was broadcast September 30, 1939
Fordham University and Waynesburg College
In 1973, the NCAA’s membership was divided into three legislative and competitive divisions
I, II, and III
The NCAA began administering women’s athletics programs in
1980
